The MLK assassination: The movie?

In a proposed film, director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Supremacy") will dramatize the historic murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here's what is known about the project

Director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum") has reportedly researched and written a movie version of MLK's final days.
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With the 83rd anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes news that a biopic of the civil rights leader's life — and untimely death — is in the works. British director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy) has written a movie about the days and hours leading up to King's 1968 assassination in Memphis, Tenn. Here's the early word on the film project, tentatively titled Memphis:

What should audiences expect?

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